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[allmyturtles]

We have been in hiding for too long.

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[tic_tech_turtle]

Master Splinter?

[allmyturtles]

Yes, Donatello.

[tic_tech_turtle]

Would you mind if I asked what brought that about?

[allmyturtles]

[He wants to say it's the musings of an old rat, nothing more. But Donatello is unlikely to believe that.]

There are many new people today... and it is difficult to stray from the habits of a lifetime.

[And he never foresaw his sons being able to walk freely among so many others. He worries!]

[chiyo_dad]

GREETINGS, OMNIVOROUS, VORACIOUS sewer-dweller.

WHERE ARE YOUR WINGS SO THAT YOU MAY DESCEND?

lolwut

[allmyturtles]

I have never found myself in need of, ah, wings.

[luna_kitsu_blu]

SPLINTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ;A;

C-Can I have a hug?

[allmyturtles]

If that is what you would like, I do not see why not.

[nunchakutiem]

You think so, Sensei?

[allmyturtles]

Invisibility from the surface world is a path it may no longer be possible to walk.

[nunchakutiem]

Oh yeah. I mean, you did just total the Shredder and stuff, and all those people saw.

[allmyturtles]

... That was two years ago.

[try_and_makeme]

[blinks]

Yer th' biggest damned sentient rat I ever seen...

[tail flicks]

You smell funny.

[allmyturtles]

[Splinter's nose twitches.]

All are unusual to some.

Where is your family, child?

[try_and_makeme]

[he shrugs and looks away. His most important family was on Zenrensei. After last time he is fairly certain he will wake up sometime in the near future back there. The rest of his family he knows he will most likely never see again.]

Around. Not here.

[his nose wrinkles again] I know what smells funny, you smell like you got changed someways.

[he is almost POSITIVE he's right, though he couldn't say where he has smelled genetic manipulation or mutation before; he doesn't even have a word for what smells 'funny' to him.]

Wherz yer family, Elder?

[his voice is very polite for him and for his species in general now that he's figured out the 'funny' smell]

[allmyturtles]

[Fff don't make me pull his mama out of the closet.]

"Changed," yes. Very perceptive.

[Most people think they're from outer space, or just "monsters." Mutants aren't part of the public lexicon in his timeline.]

My sons are aboard this ship.

Is there no-one to look after you?